Recently, many deterministic built-in self-test schemes to reduce test time have been researched. These schemes can achieve a good quality test by shortening the whole test process, but require complex algorithms or much hardware. In this paper, a new...
Recently, many deterministic built-in self-test schemes to reduce test time have been researched. These schemes can achieve a good quality test by shortening the whole test process, but require complex algorithms or much hardware. In this paper, a new deterministic BIST scheme is provided that reduces the additional hardware requirements, as well as keeping test time to a minimum. The proposed BIST (Built-In Self-Test) methodology brings about the reduction of the hardware requirements for pseudo-random tests as well. Theoretical study demonstrates the possibility of reducing the hardware requirements for both pseudo-random and deterministic tests, with some explanations and examples. Experimental results show that in the proposed test scheme the hardware requirements for the pseudo-random test and deterministic test are less than in previous research.